Archive for October, 2010

A Southern Girl in ’61 [1861]

By From http://thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com/ • Oct 12th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Publisher’s Weekly, Volume 68, page 567Review of A Southern Girl in ’61 by Louise Wigfall Wright



Mrs. Gwin

By From http://thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com/ • Oct 12th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This is a photo of Mrs. Gwin, she who gave the famous costume ball described in Virginia Clopton Clay’s memoir, A Belle of the Fifties. I wrote about this ball in an earlier post, which you can read by clicking here. In the earlier post there is a li…



Mrs. Gwin

By From http://thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com/ • Oct 12th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This is a photo of Mrs. Gwin, she who gave the famous costume ball described in Virginia Clopton Clay’s memoir, A Belle of the Fifties. I wrote about this ball in an earlier post, which you can read by clicking here. In the earlier post there is a li…



A Southern Girl in ’61 [1861]

By From http://thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com/ • Oct 12th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Publisher’s Weekly, Volume 68, page 567Review of A Southern Girl in ’61 by Louise Wigfall Wright



A Southern Girl in ’61 [1861]

By From http://thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com/ • Oct 12th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Publisher’s Weekly, Volume 68, page 567Review of A Southern Girl in ’61 by Louise Wigfall Wright



Driving on a Suspended License Could Mean JAIL

By From http://www.andrewflusche.com • Oct 11th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I talk with a lot of people who are charged with driving on a suspended license. If that’s you (or if your license is suspended and you’re driving anyway), pay close attention: You might go to jail This surprises a lot of people, but it’s true. I’m not trying to use scare tactics to get […]



Four Remarkable Biographies

By From http://thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com/ • Oct 11th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Confederate Veteran, Volume 28, 1920, page 420Four Remarkable BiographiesReviews of the books of four southern women of the 1860s who have written biographies and memoirs:Memoirs of Jefferson Davis by Varina DavisMemoirs of Stonewall Jackson by Mary An…



Four Remarkable Biographies

By From http://thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com/ • Oct 11th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Confederate Veteran, Volume 28, 1920, page 420Four Remarkable BiographiesReviews of the books of four southern women of the 1860s who have written biographies and memoirs:Memoirs of Jefferson Davis by Varina DavisMemoirs of Stonewall Jackson by Mary An…



Four Remarkable Biographies

By From http://thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com/ • Oct 11th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Confederate Veteran, Volume 28, 1920, page 420Four Remarkable BiographiesReviews of the books of four southern women of the 1860s who have written biographies and memoirs:Memoirs of Jefferson Davis by Varina DavisMemoirs of Stonewall Jackson by Mary An…



The Foreclosure Halt

By From http://sarahiouslyspeaking.com • Oct 11th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, RealEstate.Local

Oh, the banks are at it again!  News has surfaced over the last 2 weeks that GMAC Mortgage and GP Morgan Chase are suspending foreclosures in 23 states (Virginia is NOT included!).  Bank of America announced late last week they were halting foreclosures in all 50 states in order to investigate their foreclosure process.  But this raises an […]